Basket attachment for barrel-trucks.



0. BJORKLUND.

BASKET ATTACHMENT FOR BARREL TRUCKS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 9. 1909.

957,406,, Patented May 10, 1910.

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OHARLEY BJORKLUNID, OF BOWESMONT, TO H. M. WALDREN AND ONE-THIRD NORTHDAKOTA.

NORTH DAKOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO JOHN V. ANDERSON, BOTH OFDRAYTON,

BASKET ATTACHMENT FOR BARREL-TRUCKS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed March 9, 1909.

Patented May .10, 1910. Serial No. 482,376.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OHARLEY BJORKLUND, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bowesmont, in the county of Pembina and State of NorthDakota, have invented a new and useful Basket Attachment for Barrel-Trucks, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a. basket attach-. ment for barrel trucks.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple, inexpensiveand efficient basket attachment of great strength and durability,adapted to be readily applied to and removed from a hand barrel truck,and capable of enabling the latter to be advantageously employed incarrying and delivering parcels.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claimshereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form,proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope ofthe claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawing Figure l is a side elevation of a basket attachment,constructed in accordance with this invention and shown applied to atruck, the frame of the latter eing partly in section. Fig. 2 is areverse plan view of the basket attachment. Fig. 3 is a longitudinalsectional view of the same. Fig. 41 is a detail perspective view of onecorner of the basket attachment.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts drawing.

The basket attachment 1, which is designed to be applied to a barreltruck 2, comprises in its construction upper and lower rectangularframes 3 and 4t and vertical bars or posts 5, arranged at the corners ofthe basket and connecting the upper and lower frames 3 and 1 at thecorners thereof. The upper and lower frames 3 and 4: may be constructedof either tubular or solid metal, and when constructed of tubular metalis equipped at the corners with couplings 6, which also receive the endsof the vertical in all the figures of the l e l corner bars. Thevertical corner bars are preferably solid, and they may be connected attheir terminals with the upper and lower frames in any other preferredmanner.

The basket is equipped with a sheet metal bottom 7 of galvanized iron,or other suitable material secured at its edges to the sides and ends ofthe lower rectangular frame 4, preferably forming beads or partial beads8 for embracing the bottom frame,

ut any other means may be employed for attaching the edges of the bottomto the framework of the basket. The basket is also provided with sideand end walls 9, designed to be constructed of woven wire, or othersuitable material, and the said basket may be equipped with a cover (notshown) of canvas, or other suitable material, buttons 10 being mountedon the side and end walls of the basket at the exterior thereof for theattachment of such cover.

The basket is supported by a pair of longitudinal rods or bars 11,preferably constructed of solid metal and suitably secured to the lowerrectangular frame and extending beyond the upper and lower ends of thebasket. The lower extended ends of the supporting rods form arms 12,arranged at an angle to the bottom of the basket and terminating inreduced studs 13, which fit in openings or sockets 14 of the foot 15 ofthe frame of the truck. The arms 12 extend downward and forward from thefront of the basket, and the reduction of their terminals to form thestuds 13 also provides shoulders 16, which engage the upper face of thefoot. The upper terminals 17 of the supporting bars 11 are bentsubstantially at right angles to the bottom of the basket and areprovided with terminal studs 18, engaging sockets or openings 19 ofcouplings 20, which connect the side bars of the frame with the legs 21.The reduction of the upthe supporting rods form shoulders 22 forengaging the frame of the truck, and when the lower arms of thesupporting rods and the upper terminals of the latter are interlockedwith the frame of the truck by means of the studs and openings, thebasket is securely retained in place The depending front arms are of asuflicient length to support the front of the basket at a slightlyhigher level than the rear end of the basket when the handle bars of thetruck are permitted to rest upon the supporting surface.

The basket attachment is also equipped at its rear end with a pair ofhooks 23, preferably constructed of a single piece of metal and havingtheir shanks connected by a transverse portion 2a. The shanks of thehooks are curved around the upper portion of the rear end of the lowerrectangular frame, and they pierce the sheet metal bottom of the basket,and the transverse connecting portion is located at the lower face ofthe bottom 7 This provides a strong construction, but the hooks may beconnected with the frame-work of the basket in any other preferredmanner. These hooks will be found especially advantageous in carryingcoal oil cans and analogous receptacles, and they suspend the cansexteriorly of the basket at points between the handle bars of the truck.

No claim is made in the present application for the particularconstruction of the barrel truck, which forms the subject-matter of aseparate application executed of even date herewith.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A basket attachment for hand trucks having a foot piece, said basketattachment including a receptacle provided at its front with armsdetachably engaging the foot piece of the truck and supporting the frontof the receptacle in an elevated position when the truck is in itsnormal position, said receptacle being also provided at its rear endwith means for connecting it with the frame of the truck.

2. The combination of a truck including a foot piece and providedthereat and at the rear portion of its frame with openings, and a basketattachment provided at the front with arms arranged to engage theopenings of the foot piece and supporting the front of the basket at anelevation, said basket being also provided at the back with means forengaging the rear openings of the frame.

3. The combination with a truck having a frame provided with front andrear openings, of a basket attachment including a receptacle, andlongitudinal supporting rods secured to the bottom of the receptacle andhaving terminal portions detachably engaging the said openings.

4;. A basket attachment for trucks including a receptacle and spacedlongitudinal supporting rods extending beneath and connected with thereceptacle and provided with depending front supporting arms and havingextended rear terminals, the said arms and terminals being arranged toengage a truck.

5. A basket attachment for trucks including upper and lower rectangularframes, corner bars connecting the frames, a sheet metal bottom securedto the lower rectangular frame, side and end walls connected with theframes, and spaced longitudinal support-ing bars connected with thelower frame and having extended terminals ar ranged to engage a truck.

6. A basket attachment including a receptacle having a sheet metalbottom and provided with a frame to which the marginal edges of thebottom are connected, supporting bars extending beneath and connectedwith the receptacle, and spaced supporting hooks located between thesupporting bars and having shanks extending over the said frame andpiercing the sheet metal bottom and provided below the same with anintegral connecting portion.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have heretoaffixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GHAR-LEY BJORKLUND.

Witnesses:

H. C. THOMSON, JAMES THOMSON.

